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US-8815751

Method of manufacturing semiconductor device, method of processing substrate, substrate processing apparatus and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium

PublishedAugust 26, 2014
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Technical Abstract

There is provided a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, including: forming a film containing a specific element, nitrogen, and carbon on a substrate, by alternately performing the following steps a specific number of times: a step of supplying a source gas containing the specific element and a halogen element, to the substrate; and a step of supplying a reactive gas composed of three elements of carbon, nitrogen, and hydrogen and having more number of a carbon atom than the number of a nitrogen atom in a composition formula thereof, to the substrate.

Patent Claims
22 claims

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1. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, comprising: forming a film containing a specific element, nitrogen, and carbon on a substrate, by alternately performing the following steps a specific number of times: supplying a source gas containing the specific element and a halogen element, to the substrate in a processing chamber; and supplying a reactive gas composed of three elements of carbon, nitrogen, and hydrogen and having more number of a carbon atom than the number of a nitrogen atom in a composition formula thereof, to the substrate in the processing chamber, wherein a pressure in the processing chamber in supplying the reactive gas is set to be larger than a pressure in the processing chamber in supplying the source gas.

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2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the reactive gas has a plurality of ligands containing the carbon atom in the composition formula.

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3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the reactive gas has three ligands containing the carbon atom in the composition formula.

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4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the reactive gas has two ligands containing the carbon atom in the composition formula.

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5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the reactive gas comprises at least one of amine and organic hydrazine.

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6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the reactive gas comprises at least one amine selected from a group consisting of ethyl amine, methyl amine, propyl amine, isopropyl amine, butyl amine, and isobutyl amine.

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7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the reactive gas comprises at least one amine selected from a group consisting of triethyl amine, diethyl amine, trimethyl amine, dimethyl amine, tripropyl amine, dipropyl amine, triisopropyl amine, diisopropyl amine, tributyl amine, dibutyl amine, triisobutyl amine, and diisobutyl amine.

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8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the reactive gas comprises at least one amine selected from a group consisting of diethyl amine, dimethyl amine, dipropyl amine, diisopropyl amine, dibutyl amine, and diisobutyl amine.

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9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the reactive gas is a silicon-uncontaining gas.

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10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the reactive gas is a silicon-uncontaining and metal-uncontaining gas.

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11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the specific element comprises silicon or metal, and the halogen element comprises chlorine or fluorine.

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12. The method of claim 1 , wherein in alternately performing the steps the specific number of times, the film containing the specific element, nitrogen, and carbon is formed on the substrate while removing the halogen element contained in the source gas and hydrogen contained in the reactive gas, as a gas.

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13. The method of claim 1 , wherein in supplying the source gas, a first layer containing the specific element and the halogen element is formed, and in supplying the reactive gas, the first layer and the reactive gas are reacted with each other, to thereby form a second layer containing the specific element, nitrogen, and carbon.

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14. The method of claim 13 , wherein in supplying the reactive gas, the first layer and the reactive gas are reacted with each other, so that at least a part of atoms of the halogen element contained in the first layer is extracted from the first layer, and at least a part of a ligand or ligands contained in the reactive gas is separated from the reactive gas.

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15. The method of claim 13 , wherein in supplying the reactive gas, the first layer and the reactive gas are reacted with each other, so that at least a part of atoms of the halogen element contained in the first layer is extracted from the first layer, and at least a part of a ligand or ligands contained in the reactive gas is separated from the reactive gas, and nitrogen of the reactive gas from which at least the part of the ligand or ligands are separated, and the specific element contained in the first layer are bonded to each other.

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16. The method of claim 13 , wherein in supplying the reactive gas, the first layer and the reactive gas are reacted with each other, so that at least a part of atoms of the halogen element contained in the first layer is extracted from the first layer, and at least a part of a ligand or ligands contained in the reactive gas is separated from the reactive gas, and nitrogen of the reactive gas from which at least the part of the ligand or ligands are separated, and the specific element contained in the first layer are bonded to each other, and further carbon contained in the ligand and the specific element contained in the first layer are bonded to each other.

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17. A method of processing a substrate, comprising: forming a film containing a specific element, nitrogen, and carbon, on a substrate by alternately performing the following steps a specific number of times: supplying a source gas containing the specific element and a halogen element to the substrate in a processing chamber; and supplying a reactive gas composed of three elements of carbon, nitrogen, and hydrogen and having more number of a carbon atom than the number of a nitrogen atom in a composition formula thereof, to the substrate in the processing chamber, wherein a pressure in the processing chamber in supplying the reactive gas is set to be larger than a pressure in the processing chamber in supplying the source gas.

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18. A substrate processing apparatus, comprising: a processing chamber in which a substrate is housed; a source gas supply system configured to supply a source gas containing a specific element and a halogen element into the processing chamber; a reactive gas supply system configured to supply a reactive gas composed of three elements of carbon, nitrogen, and hydrogen and having more number of a carbon atom than the number of a nitrogen atom in a composition formula thereof, into the processing chamber; and a control part configured to control the source gas supply system and the reactive gas supply system, so that a processing of forming a film containing the specific element, nitrogen, and carbon on the substrate, is performed by alternately performing a processing of supplying the source gas to the substrate in the processing chamber, and a processing of supplying the reactive gas to the substrate in the processing chamber, a specific number of times, and a pressure in the processing chamber in a process of supplying the reactive gas is set to be larger than a pressure in the processing chamber in a process of supping the source gas.

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19. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a program that causes a computer to perform a procedure of forming a film containing a specific element, nitrogen, and carbon on a substrate in a processing chamber of a substrate processing apparatus, by alternately performing the following procedures a specific number of times: a procedure of supplying a source gas containing the specific element and a halogen element, to the substrate in the processing chamber; and a procedure of supplying a reactive gas composed of three elements of carbon, nitrogen and hydrogen and having more number of a carbon atom than the number of a nitrogen atom in a composition formula thereof, to the substrate in the processing chamber, wherein a pressure in the processing chamber in the procedure of supplying reactive gas is set to be larger than a pressure in the processing chamber in the procedure of supplying the source gas.

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20. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the pressure in the processing chamber in supplying the reactive gas is set in a range of 399 to 3990 Pa.

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21. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein in supplying the reactive gas, the reactive gas is thermally activated and is supplied to the substrate.

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22. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein in supplying the reactive gas, the reactive gas is thermally activated by non-plasma and is supplied to the substrate.

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December 7, 2012

Publication Date

August 26, 2014

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